The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology.

Appendix 6


CREWS AND SUPPORT FOR MANNED APOLLO FLIGHTS

[Compiled by Sally D, Gates, History Office, JSC, with Cyril E. Baker, Astronaut Office, JSC.]


Apollo 7:

Primecrew:
Schirra, Eisele, Cunningham
Backup:
Stafford, Young, Cernan
Support:
Evans, Swigert, Pogue
CapComs:
Stafford, Evans, Pogue, Swigert, Young, Cernan

Apollo 8:

Primecrew:
Borman, Lovell, Anders
Backup:
Armstrong, Aldrin, Haise
Support:
Brand, Mattingly, Carr
CapComs:
Collins, Mattingly, Carr, Armstrong, Aldrin, Brand, Haise

Apollo 9:

Primecrew:
McDivitt, Scott, Schweickart
Backup:
Bean, Conrad, Gordon
Support:
Lousma, Mitchell, Worden
CapComs:
Roosa, Evans, Worden, Conrad, Gordon, Bean

Apollo 10:

Prime crew:
Stafford, Young, Cernan
Backup:
Cooper, Eisele, Mitchell
Support:
Engle, Irwin, Duke
CapComs:
Duke, Engle, Lousma, McCandless

Apollo 11:

Primecrew:
Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin
Backup:
Lovell, Anders, Haise
Support:
Mattingly, Evans, Pogue, Swigert
CapComs:
Duke, Evans, McCandless, Lovell, Anders, Mattingly, Haise, Lind, Garriott, Schmitt

Apollo 12:

Prime crew:
Conrad, Gordon, Bean
Backup:
Scott, Irwin, Worden
Support:
Carr, Weitz, Gibson
Capcoms:
Carr, Gibson, Weitz, Lind, Scott, Worden, Irwin, Wash*, Warren*, Rippey*, Lewis*
*On this four-shift flight, Dickie K. Warren, James O. Rippey, James L. Lewis, and Michael R. Wash were backup CapComs. This was the first time in the American manned space flight program that this position was filled by non-astronaut personnel.

Apollo 13:

Prime crew:
Lovell, Swigert**, Haise
Backup:
Young, Swigert, Duke
Support:
Lousma, Brand, Pogue
Capcoms:
Kerwin, Brand, Lousma, Young, Mattingly
**Swigert moved from the backup to the prime crew at the last minute, when command module pilot Mattingly was exposed to a contagious disease. SOURCE: Mission reports, news releases, NASA Astronauts (NASA EP-34, Washington, 1967), and manning documents issued before each mission by the JSC Flight Operations Directorate and written, for the most part, by Cecil E. Dorsey.

Apollo 14:

Prime crew:
Shepard, Roosa, Mitchell
Backup:
Cernan, Evans, Engle
Support:
McCandless, Pogue, Fullerton, Chapman
Capcoms:
Fullerton, McCandless, Haise, Evans

Apollo 15:

Prime crew:
Scott, Worden, Irwin
Backup:
Gordon, Brand, Schmitt
Support:
Henize, Allen, Parker
Capcoms:
Allen, Fullerton, Henize, Mitchell, Parker, Schmitt, Shepard, Gordon, Brand

Apollo 16:

Prime crew:
Young, Mattingly, Duke
Backup:
Haise, Roosa, Mitchell
Support:
Peterson, England, Hartsfield, Chapman
Capcoms:
Peterson, Fullerton, Irwin, Haise, Roosa, Mitchell, Hartsfield, England, Overmyer

Apollo 17:

Prime crew:
Cernan, Evans, Schmitt
Backup:
Young, Roosa, Duke
Support:
Overmyer, Parker, Fullerton
CapComs:
Fullerton, Overmyer, Parker, Allen, Shepard, Mattingly, Duke, Roosa, Young

NOTE:

Capcom (capsule communicator) assignments are listed as they appeared in the manning documents (by shift), not as they might have been heard in chronological sequence during flight.


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